KindiCare User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience50.0% of reviews
Neutral4.2% of reviews
Negative experience45.8% of reviews

~ Based on 24 written reviews from the US App Store.

Is KindiCare Safe?

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Is KindiCare Legit?

KindiCare appears legitimate, with a few gaps. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for KindiCare is 73/100.

Based on 73 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Inaccurate

Prices are grossly inaccurate but appreciate the list of centres

Terrible company and app

Worst company in the world and no customer support. Terrible app.

Equivalent to owning a cat

It’s a great app, when it works well. It often freezer, crashes and doesn’t load properly. It’s like owning a cat, it will give you everything you need but only on its own terms.
At least it’s free!

Great app

Best childcare search app for families, hands down!

Good Idea Bad Functionality

The app would be really good if was not super slow and crashed all the time

Useless app, offering false hope!

obviously reviews are not vetted. found a child care that we used to use with amazing reviews. problem is most of the reviews were all written by management and staff, as well as family and friends that never attended. What a scam this app is, and disgraceful that the Hive Geelong is acting so fraudulently
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All the reviews in one place

This made it so simple to Easily find compare and short list the key centres that were right for us and the placement experience made it so simple to get a place!

Ultimate Childcare Experience

This is the easiest and most intuitive way to look for childcare in Australia, the experience is amazing.

App constantly freezes

App freezes on the location search screen constantly. Also shows a vastly different search area than the postcode you type in. I typed in my postcode and selected suburb area and it gave me search results over 50km away instead. Has potential to be a great app but for now it’s super clunky and need an IT support team ASAP
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Doesnt show any kinders

Doesnt list kinders.. not helpful

Location search doesn’t work

Always defaults to current location

Response from developer

Hi bdbeisi, Location Search does work. If you didn't turn on location services to let KindiCare user your current location automatically, KindiCare has a unique feature that most search apps don't have where by you can save an unlimited number of addresses on the App and pick the one you want to use as your default address. Simply click on the address at the top of the Home Screen of the App, add a new address and set it as default. Alternatively you can choose to turn on location services in your Apple device settings for the App to allow KindiCare to use your current location. If there's anything we can help with please email feedback@kindicare.com

No replies

I emailed a couple of day care places and no ones replied. Perhaps this app doesn’t get updated?

Response from developer

Hi Amanda, thanks for letting us know. KindiCare doesn't use email at all for enquiries, you can apply or message centres directly from the KindiCare App. Not all centres respond to enquiries via the App; which you can usually see in most cases as the only contact option will be the centre or service's phone number. If you'd be able to provide some additional information by emailing us at feedback@kindicare.com, we will investigate what happened.

Not accurate indication of quality

I’ve searched the centres in the area I’m from and it’s clearly not an accurate indication of quality. Not sure where you get your information from but I don’t believe any of the ratings I read. You need to change your system of getting your information for ratings.

Response from developer

Hi Jojolizb. Thanks for your feedback. The KindiCare Algorithm that determines the KindiCare Rating uses over 400,000 data points including current and previous government ratings, the age of those ratings, reviews from Google and KindiCare and the age and star rating of those reviews - as well as some other information known about the centre. Every centre is re-rated every 24 hours based on all know data points we hold on that centre or service. Most parents find it helpful to simplify their search journey by making it easy to compare centres.

Rubbish - kept on freezing.

I downloaded this last night, the next day it I could not open the app- it kept freezing/ restarting.

Phone restarted still not working.

Response from developer

Hi happy.fe3t, thank you for taking the time to let us know the issue you experienced. 18 users were affected at the same time as you for a short period as we were updating our server to support the new KindiCare Childcare Comparison site at www.kindicare.com. We understand if you don't want to give the app another try, but we would love you to and let us know any feedback at feedback@kindicare.com

Misleading

This app is very misleading. They base it on Google reviews instead of the actual kindy ratings. They have a kindy that is exceeding in all 7 areas as below their good.
This means Kindy’s that are not doing well but have more reviews will be made out to be better then a kindy that’s actually is good and exceeding. This app either should be shut down or they start rating on actual kindy ratings then stupid unreliable Google reviews
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Response from developer

Hi Hollyrainbow, thanks for taking the time to leave a review on the KindiCare App. We understand that ratings in childcare can be complex which is why we've simplified it for families. The KindiCare Rating provided to early learning services in Australia is not just based on Google Reviews. The KindiCare Rating actually uses over 300,000 data points including an early learning service's current and previous ratings under the National Quality Framework from the Australia Children's Education & Care Quality Authority. Community feedback and reviews from families using early learning services are an incredibly important component of which services families consider, and therefore from part of how the KindiCare Rating is calculated for each service. The decision on which early learning service is right for a family is not a simple one, and it is a journey. KindiCare aims to provide as much information for families about early learning services to help them narrow down their search options to the ones that match their family's needs, values and education objectives for their children. You can find out more information on the KindiCare Rating here: https://kindicare.com/the-kindicare-rating/ If you are a childcare service provider who's unhappy with your current KindiCare Rating, or you would like more information to help you in understanding how the KindiCare Rating is calculated, please feel free to contact our friendly customer care team at customercare@kindicare.com

Easy to use app! Love the subsidy calculator

Subsidy calculator allows me to search for childcare centres that are within my budget and are close to my home. Also love the quality ratings on centre’s !! Love this app

Response from developer

Thanks for taking the time to leave us a review bellaj81. It's great to hear you're enjoying using our new search with subsidy feature on the KindiCare App. :)

Fantastic platform for Early childhood services

I had the pleasure of chatting to the CEO, the turn around to questions was undeniably fantastic and Kindicare definitely know their craft and are in this for the right reasons. Thank you for supplying us and families with an easy to use and functional APP that supplies updated information. Super easy and convenient to use. 👍🏼
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Response from developer

Thank you so much for your review of the KindiCare App. We're for the sector and want to deliver a market leading experience. We're also always looking for new ways to improve the experience for families as well as childcare providers. Please feel free to contact feedback@kindicare.com with any ideas or suggestions you have for the KindiCare App :).

Gold!

Why didn’t someone do this sooner!

Save time and money

Picking between childcare options has always been impossible without a thousand phone calls and awkward chats. Kindicare just showed me all I needed to know in one easy search. Thanks Kindicare!

Easy to use with tonnes of Value

Finally an easy to use app to help sort through all the childcare providers. Love the score and comments, but the added benefit of being able to communicate with providers through the app is sensational.